The Obama comment - and John Cole unhinged
There was a minor dustup this week when Barack Obama quoted an Army Captain who said his unit was undermanned and underequipped in Afghanistan. He was making an overall point to criticize the current war policy. The anecdote itself is rather weak; it turns out it occurred 4-5 years ago, and the source is entirely anonymous (the reporter's editorializing at the end of that article doesn't raise my confidence either).
In any case, Obama's supporters jumped all over Jake Tapper's article above like it was the next gospel. I left a few comments about the issue there and on other web sites (as I frequently do). In return, I often get a lot of abuse, but none so much like at John Cole's "Balloon Juice" blog. His response was so over the top (even for him), that I just had to print it here. Just wanted to show you what some left-wing extremists in the US are really like. Warning: Objectionable language.
This was my comment:Predictably, I knew that John Cole would jump all over this, and just as predictably, I knew he would simmer about the “right-wing wankosphere”, while totally ignoring the “left-wing wankosphere” which is all jumping on Jake Tapper’s article like it was a new book of the Bible, with all the armchair-warrior commenters weighing in.
His response surprised even me:
Two problems:
1) The story is 4-5 years old, but Obama spoke as if it were a current issue
2) The source (a la Beauchamp) is 100% anonymous.
Incidentally, I agree with Phil Carter about using captured equipment. But here’s the thing: There isn’t anything wrong with that. That’s what soldiers are SUPPOSED to do. Incidentally, the miltitary currently spends about ten times what it did per soldier in WWII, adjusted for inflation. Trust me, they have plenty of ammo. I might be convinced otherwise if we had ever lost a single battle in this war due to lack of ammunition.You know, John Rohan, if allegedly patriotic motherfuckers like you would stop fellating this disastrous president long enough to be honest and admit why we are currently in the mess we are in, I would start to care what you think. The military is in a fucking pickle right now despite record spending levels, and retards like you are still all about the evil liberal.
There you have it. Generally, I notice that people resort to insults when they have no facts, and the vitriol of those insults increase as the amount of facts on hand decrease. Why he has so many fans, I will never know.
Fortunately, you won’t change. So piss off, as I don’t have to waste my time with you.
"Retard" is also not a terrible politically correct term, which would upset many of Cole's friends in the left-wing political spectrum. I responded to him and several others, but you probably don't want to read the whole thread, unless you are a masochist.
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3 comments:
You're right as usual John, you legend in your own mind.
But, when you do finally retire from playing soldier, PLEASE do us all a favor and don't return to the states.
We've already got enough self-righteous, humorless zealots who think that they have a special divine gift for interpreting the Constitution and True Americanism.
Your services are needed overseas, where the heathen foreigners haven't yet learned the Divine Right of True Americanism.
A REAL patriot would do this thing that we ask.
In response to the anonymous comment, note what I said above about resorting to insults. I rest my case.
Keep up the good work.
My family and I thank you for your service.
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